The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-11-01
The Murderer of a Five-year-Old
Stepson Escapes Last
Evening.
He Gives An Officer The Slip
by Jumping From
the Train.

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ive.year-old boy, the stepson of AL
fred Cannon, farmer, residing in
the above county, near Vandalia.
The boy had gone to the woods with
this man Cannon, who was his step
father, and the latter returned in e
short time to his wife, telling her that
her son was drowned. He stated that
the boy had fallen into the creek, and
that before he could rescue him had
gone down for. the last time and was
dead.
Suspicion rested upon Cannon,
which eliminated in his arrest, soon
after the affair occurred, and a SEN
tence of IA years in the penitentiary
by jury before Judge Philips, at Van
dalia. Gannon's attorney made a
motion for a new trial. which was
granted, and would have taken place
about this time, had the prisoner not
escaped from the Jail nearly three
weeks ago, going no one knows
where.
The country was searched for miles
around, but no trace Of Cannon could
be found until last Friday, when
the sheriff at Vandalia received a tel
egram from Marshal Logan, of Rich
Hill, Mo-, stating that Cannon
was arrested and would be held until
the proper authorities came for him.
Jesse Mays, of Vandalia, was depu-
tized to bring the prisoner back, and
arrived at Rich Hill on Saturday,
leaving there yesterday morning and
arriving in Sedalis last night ON the
M. K. d T., in time to take the 11:55
train for St. Louis.
Mr.. MAYS had his prisoner hand
cuffed and boarded the St. Louis train
Cannon complained of being sick and
asked for drink of water, whereupon
the two went to the water tank. Mr..
Mays was in the act of turning the
faucet, when some one coming into
the car opened the door. Cannon saw
good opportunity to escape
and took advantage OF it by making a
sudden dart through the door onto the
platform, when he jumper, and Mr..
Mays had let his prisoner escape.
The latter was at loss what to do.
He rushed out on to the platform.
The train had now reached the NJ. K.
q I. crossing, and was going too fast
he thought for him to take the risk
ofjumping. At last a thought en-
tered his mind. He would go on to
Upton and telegraph back to Sedalia
to the city marshal. When he ar.
rived there he learned that it was i'm.
possible to reach this city by tele.
graph, at that hour of night. so he
waited for the next west-bound pas
senger train, and returned to Sedalia
at 3 o'clock this morning.
He at once notified the Sedalia po-
lice, and vigilant search was made
the remaining portion of the night,
but failed 10 turn up the missing pris
oner.
About z o'clock a young man named
Murphy, of East Sedalia, gave a de-
scription of Cannon, and said that he |
saw him going east through the Mis-.
souri, Pacific yOrds, and that he had a |
handkerchief over his hands, as he
thought, at the time, to keep them
warm, but evidently to conceal the
handouts. Mr.. Mays stated to a |
BAzoo reporter this morning that he
had sent kilograms to the neighooring
towns to look for Cannon, and thought
that he would get his mar again.
Cannon was wounded at Rich Hill
in his effort to get away from Marshal
Logan by that officer shooting him in
the arm just above the elbow
and has not been well since that
time.
Mr.. Mays further stated that if
nothing was heard of Gam on to-day.
he would leave for Vandalia tonight
and give up the search, and from
present indications, it is reasonable to
believe that Cannon is free man.
For 20 years have been afflicted with
catsrrh so that have been confined to my
room for two months at a time. / have
tried all the humbugs in hopes of relief
but to no success until met with an old
friend who had used Ely's Cream Balm,
and advised me to try it. i procured
bottle to please him, and from the first APP
plication f. und relief. 1t is the best
remedy i have ever tried. w. G.. Ma
thews, Justice of the Peace, Shenandoah,
Iowa.
Two bottles of Ely's Cream Balm cured
the wife of a well known u. s. A General
and also two army officers in Arizona of
catarrh.
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